The Surafend Massacre has been described as one of the worst war crimes ever committed by New Zealand military personnel. Black Sheep - an RNZ podcast series - dives into the 1918 atrocity in its latest season. Many details derive from a solider who witnessed it, as told to - and recorded by - an oral historian.
Dr Anna Green is president of the National Oral History Association and she says oral histories, such as these, could be under threat by an amendment to the Privacy Bill currently passing through Parliament.
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